Department of Psychology

Dr. Dave Lane

David Lane, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair

Education

Iowa State University, Ames, IA: M.S. & Ph.D. in Psychology

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN: M.A. in Higher Education

Lawrence University, Appleton, WI: B.A. in Psychology>

Teaching

Research Methods (PSY 323), Health Psychology (PSY 427), and Social Bases of Behavior (PSY 523).

Research

Social, health, and positive psychology. Recent research has looked at how social influences affect health-related risk-taking, how comparison with social images predicts dropping out of college, and how a sense of meaning in life is related to well-being.

Recent Scholarly Activities (*Denotes student coauthor)

Lane, D.J., & Mathes, E.W. (February 2020). Relatedness needs and sense of meaning after happy, unhappy, and turning point experiences. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA. https://osf.io/ha4en/

Najdek*, R., & Lane, D.J. (February 2020). Students’ achievement goal orientation and interest in social comparison. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Lucke*, H.R., Carey, C.N., Guillot., C.R., Boals., A., Lane, D.J., & Mathes, E.W (February 2020). Self-Control is indirectly associated with negative alcohol-related outcomes through avoidance-focused coping. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, New Orleans, LA.

Helmers*, B. R., Lane, D. J., & Abbey, A. (2019, November). Varied sexual experiences of heterosexual college students with same- and other-gender partners. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Denver, CO.

Steiner*, A.N., & Lane, D.J. (February 2019). The relationship between intrinsic motivation and psychological well-being. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Portland, OR.

Lane, D.J., & Mathes, E.W. (2018). The pros and cons of having a meaningful life. Personality and Individual Differences, 120, 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.08.012

Kazakova*, N., Van Fossen, R.*, & Lane, D.J. (April 2018). Drug use as a function of psychopathy and neuroticism in a college sample. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Mathes, E., Lucke*, H., & Lane, D.J. (April 2018). Self-control: Protection from substance abuse. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Lane, D.J., Mathes, E.W., Helmers*, B.R., & Hendrickson*, M. (April 2018). Feared possible selves and positive alcohol expectancies predict social drinking. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Van Fossen*, R., Kazakova*, N., & Lane, D.J. (April 2018). The role of motivation on interest in college graduation in cannabis users. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL.

Dunn*, H., & Lane, D.J. (March 2018). Religiosity vs. neuroticism in predicting religious/spiritual struggles. Poster presented at the Psychology of Religion and Spirituality Mid-Year Conference, Riverside, CA.